Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-06
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LANCASTER. JANUARY c, 1887.
Its Significant Choice.

One hundred and sixty-six Republican
representatives - senator's in caucus
assembled resolved, by the voice of one
hundred and lifty.four of the number, to
% AXE Mr.. Quay the Republican candidate
for United States senator. The result is
significant of the condition of the Repub-
lican party of the state, and shows it to be |
objectly held in subsection 10 its bosses as
it has been for many years. There is no
amendment in its condition. Latterly
there has been some independent kicking A.;
but the kickers have been completely sub
dued and buried and the party once more
il as firmly held in the grasp of its leaders
as it was when Simon Cameron introduced
it to the yoke. lie made the United States
Senate the spring board of the states poll
tical bosses and as such Quay now claims
and is given it.
He ascends into the titular as well as
actual domination of the party, which
presents him to the country as the embodi-
ment of its principles and virtue. If Penn
sylvania had not been so long used to such
representation, she would revolt at the
thought of having such clay as Quay for
her.fgure but after Simon Cameron she no
longer shudders. Quay is Of the Cameron
type very distinctly. He has not and claims
not any other title to or qualification for
seat as senator from Pennsylvania, than
his ability to lead the political party that
confers that place upon him.
This ability he has, as Cameron had it,
He is the unchallenged Republican leader
OF the state, since two years ago he boldly
went before the people as a candidate for
state treasurer and had his filthy political
garment washed. There was no doubt
about its foulness. He admitted it in the
act Of taking it to be cleansed in the fow-
ing river of the popular vote. That vote
seemed to say that Quay was fit to be state
treasurer, and now takes him to the
United States Senate.
In fact it said nothing of the kind. Quay
was elected to be state treasurer because
he was the Republican nominee, and there
was not deep enough hostility to him in
the Republican ranks 10 cause him to lose
any preceptible portion of its vote. We dc
not do the Republican voters, however, the
injustice TO believe that they really ap
~ proved Of Quay, whose political life and
methods have been SO Objectionable to
decent and honest sensibilities. The vote
for Quay shows how far political prejudice
will carry men, and how it will save the
blackest brands from the fire. There was
not in the state man more Objectionable
than Quay 10 its decent sense and when
he was chosen to be state treasurer, a
cboaly x,,no ,i,- 4, l., a.
popular voice.
just as the Republican vote of one hun
dred and ffty-four out Of one hundred and
sixty-six in favor of the elevation of Quay
TO the Senate, takes confidence from the
representative voice. We think we can
confidently assume that the majority of
these one hundred and flfty-four represen.
tatives do not believe Mr. Quay to be the
fitfest representative in the Senate of their
party in Pennsylvania. They voted for
him because they feared to do otherwise.
He holds the reins over his party, and to
all doubling of his personal fitness to be
senator he points to the peoples verdict In
his favor with a conclusive force that the
sheep In his fold cannot gainsay.
But is it not ahumiliating thing to Penn
sylvania that she can have no better repre-
sentative than Quay in the United State
Senate? To be sure it is a situation she il
used to. But is it not time she become.
restless under it Quay is as fit to be sena
tor as Simon Cameron was he is an ablel
man and perhaps even decenter and he /!
abler but not decenter than Don; but il
nos TIC state heartily tired of this run o.
INSCRIPTIONS political sharks into an offic,
that should be filled by one who woult
shed honor upon the state by his probit,
and talents, and confer benefit upon tn
country by the wisdom of his words in tn
great council chamber {?